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20/10/2018

Shereen Nanjiani and panellists Alison Rowat, Martin Raymond and Brian Beacom discuss the week's top stories.

Shereen Nanjiani is joined by Herald columnist Alison Rowat, Martin Raymond from Cloudline PR and Brian Beacom, senior features writer at The Herald to discuss some of the week's news stories.

The stars were out in force on the red carpet in Edinburgh on Friday 19 October for the Scottish premiere of the Netflix historic epic: Outlaw King, starring Chris Pine. But does the American's accent hold up in Scotland?

The former High Court judge, Dame Laura Cox, published a scathing report on the extent of bullying and sexual harassment in the House of Commons. Dame Laura said there had been "disturbing" instances of MPs "inappropriately touching" and "repeatedly propositioning" women, which she said had "long been tolerated and concealed". The issue has raised questions about the role of the Speaker, John Bercow who presides over MPs' behaviour.

Just over twenty years ago Anna Friel broke one of TV's big taboos when she was part of the first pre-watershed lesbian kiss on British television. She's now starring in another ground-breaking drama about gender identity: ITV's "butterfly". Friel plays Vicky Duffy, the mother of 11-year-old Max/Maxine who is struggling to come to terms with who he/she really is.

Saudi Arabia has finally admitted that the Washington Post journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, is dead. Saudi's public prosecutor said a fight broke out between Mr Khashoggi and people he met in the country's Turkish consulate, which led to his death.

Television's longest running children's show turned sixty. Blue Peter, with its quintessential catchphrases and plethora of pets, has entertained millions of children.

A night out goes wrong. An unrelated terror hunt is underway. A confidential informer goes AWOL. They all intersect in 主播大秀 One's new thriller Informer.

After Brexit talks stalled last Sunday, Theresa May proposed this week in Brussels an extended transition period of 21 months to smooth the path from Brexit to the UK and EU's future permanent relationship. Does mean we're closer to a deal?

Keira Knightley has banned her three-year-old daughter from watching it, along with other Disney classics because of the messages she says they send. So is time to re-evaluate Disney's back catalogue of classics?

Now every villain eventually learns that you don't mess with James Bond, 007. But what about Hill, Harry Hill? The comedian come out fighting for Daniel Craig by plastering Piers Morgan in the face with a cream pie on ITV's Good Morning Britain on Wednesday. Why? Morgan took a swipe on Twitter at Craig, after 007 was photographed carrying his baby in a papoose.

1 hour, 32 minutes

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Sat 20 Oct 2018 10:00

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